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Protected: Beyond Words – An exploration of the mental health of children and young people with severe and profound learning disabilities
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- Edinburgh
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Eating Disorders: A Concern for All
Did you know that approximately 22% of children and adolescents worldwide show disordered eating? Eating Disorders Awareness Week (24 February – 2 March 2025) is an opportunity to improve awareness that anyone can have an eating disorder and explore the impact that eating disorders can have on children and young people.
This Eating Disorder Awareness Week, we encourage you to explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website and ACAMH Learn, and to share with your networks.
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Autism: What Matters Most – From Assessment to Intervention
Join Professor Catherine Lord, Distinguished Professor at UCLA’s Semel Institute, pioneering developer of the gold-standard ADOS and ADI-R autism diagnostic tools, and recipient of the International Society for Autism Research’s Lifetime Achievement Award, for an exclusive masterclass on autism assessment and intervention.
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- Masterclass
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- LIVE STREAM
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Prevention and treatment of depression in children and adolescents
Emeritus Professor Pim Cuijpers – I will give an overview of the research on preventing the onset of major depression in youth and will show that prevention is indeed possible but also faces important challenges in terms of effectiveness and implementation.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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Supporting young people who self-harm: effective interventions for safety and recovery
Self-harm among young people represents one of the most pressing challenges in adolescent mental health care. This workshop, led by Professor Dennis Ougrin, examines evidence-based approaches for supporting adolescents following self-injurious behaviours.
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- Workshop
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- LIVE STREAM
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From Valencia to Understanding the Mental Health Impacts of Floods on Children and Young People
Floods are the most common type of natural disaster, with 1.81 billion people facing significant flood risk worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Among those affected, children and young people are especially vulnerable due to limited coping strategies compared to adults and high dependence on caregivers. Despite this, research on the impacts of floods on their mental health remains scarce.
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Supporting Healthy Behaviours in Children with ADHD
Join us for an insightful and practical webinar on empowering children with ADHD to build healthy habits for life!
- Event type
- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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The STADIA Trial: Exploring clinical and cost effectiveness
Many children and young people with diagnosable mental health disorders are not receiving timely help, says new research.
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Press release by The University of Nottingham for new paper published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry by Kapil Sayal et al. -
Creating Positive Change through Self-Awareness and Expression
Children’s Mental Health Week (3 – 9 February 2025) serves as a fantastic opportunity to look further at how we can empower, equip, and give a voice to children and young people, as well as encourage positive change with regards to their mental health and well-being.
By focusing on ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself’, alongside our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and our mission to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 0-25’, we encourage you to focus on how we, as a society, can help encourage children and young people to feel empowered in sharing their experiences in order to improve children’s and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
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Celebrating the life and work of Professor William Yule
Emeritus Professor William ‘Bill’ Yule passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at home on 5 November 2023. Near the one year anniversary of his death, friends, family and colleagues gathered at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience to celebrate his life and work.
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